Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...

Press material and installation shot for ImageMediaPolitique exhibition at DIX 291 gallery, Paris. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in...

The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).

Installation shot of ImageMediaPolitique exhibition at DIX 291 gallery, Paris. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and...

Installation shot of ImageMediaPolitique exhibition at DIX 291 gallery, Paris. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and...

Installation shot of Crimes of Omission exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the...

A group of people stand around a tree. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).

Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...

Installation shot from Austrian Cultural Forum in New York. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and vigilantism in the West....

The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).

Headstones stand amongst trees. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that...

The original design for the "Stop Lynching" pin. The pin is a recreation of the "Stop Lynching" button produced by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in the 1930s. For more information, see Lynching in the...

The black borders produced by the film holder are not included in the final print. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain,...

In this image, not included in the final series, the model posed beneath the same tree as Nightfall, and Nightfall II. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the...

Altered image of the hanging of Josefa at the Downieville bridge in 1851. First woman to be lynched in California. Erasure of the figure intended to raise awareness of the much-overlooked history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West:...

Image is in black and white. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that...

Photograph of public art installation of "Nightfall II" in Los Angeles. Image affixed to a billboard on La Cienega Boulevard. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of...

Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...